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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38237-38239
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Loughborough to Captain Payne on three possible scenarios regarding George III's illness and their consequences for a Regency
Date	[?8 November 1788]
Writer	Loughborough, 1st Baron
Addressee	Payne, John Willett, Captain
Description	Loughborough states there 'are but three possible events in immediate expectation-an ambiguous state of the K's disorder, an evidently decided state, or a sudden termination, which can be looked for only in one way, for an entire & speedy recovery seems to be beyond the reach of any reasonable hope'. Labelled 'No.1' and 'His Majesty's serious Indisposition'. Written Saturday evening. Signed.
Language	English
Extent	1 document (3 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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Level	Item
Credit	Crown Copyright
Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1963) Vol. 1; no 294

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